• XIIIesq
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      291 year ago

      It’s an allegory for any “extremely niche” interest that would have been considered super weird before these people could easily find eachother, although OP probably had furries and people like that in mind.

        • Echo Dot
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          1 year ago

          Like the cheap ones you get from the supermarket that break 3 weeks or the super expensive ones with very important blue LEDs on everything?

      • Azuth
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        31 year ago

        Yeah, I’ve mostly heard this mentioned in reference to really obscure fetishes that you’d probably never have a chance to indulge in if it weren’t for the internet.

    • @[email protected]
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      31 year ago

      I remember an early wtf Internet moment for me on fark.com someone linked a car-fucking forum complete with diy “muffler cosies”, etc. Probably at least half joking, right??